Re: [videoblogging] HD video via superzoom digital PS cameras, Canon SX200 Panasonic ZS3

2009-09-18 Thread Rupert Howe
You have a Canon 5D MkII and you're asking about all these other mediocre cams for videoblogging? And you haven't tested the HD video yet?? The 5D Mk2 IS the bridge that you're looking for between a PS and a dedicated prosumer camcorder. You yourself identified all the problems with the

Re: [videoblogging] HD video via superzoom digital PS cameras, Canon SX200 Panasonic ZS3

2009-09-18 Thread Rupert Howe
I should qualify that statement about Xacti producing average quality HD - it can give stunning results, as David Howell regularly shows. If you're looking for a pocket HD, I would go Xacti before Kodak or Flip. But the 5D Mk2 is still in a different picture quality league, especially

Re: [videoblogging] HD video via superzoom digital PS cameras, Canon SX200 Panasonic ZS3

2009-09-18 Thread B Yen
On Sep 18, 2009, at 1:30 AM, Rupert Howe wrote: You have a Canon 5D MkII and you're asking about all these other mediocre cams for videoblogging? And you haven't tested the HD video yet?? The 5D Mk2 IS the bridge that you're looking for between a PS and a dedicated prosumer camcorder. I

Re: [videoblogging] HD video via superzoom digital PS cameras, Canon SX200 Panasonic ZS3

2009-09-18 Thread Rupert Howe
Fair enough! I've always liked the Canon PS video quality, but when I went to go and test the new SD980 PS in May, I found it wouldn't even change focus when the video was recording, let alone zoom. I think that the Xacti can rival a lot of the PS still cams for still photo quality.

Re: [videoblogging] HD video via superzoom digital PS cameras, Canon SX200 Panasonic ZS3

2009-09-18 Thread B Yen
You are the man!! I was a mobile-media-solution fanatic during my Jumplive.com project (2005-2007). I was using videos from HP PDAs (HP3715) over WiFi, cellphone videos (Treo 650) over cellphone network. I should have gone with the N93, which had WiFi better quality video. I even used a

Re: [videoblogging] HD video via superzoom digital PS cameras, Canon SX200 Panasonic ZS3

2009-09-18 Thread Rupert Howe
I remember reading that setup before! Ingenious :) These phones are all available as unlocked handsets for general sale. They're not cheap, though. In Europe you can buy the N86 in lots of places online or from phone stores. North American version of the N86 is now available in the USA -

[videoblogging] HD video via superzoom digital PS cameras, Canon SX200 Panasonic ZS3

2009-09-17 Thread B Yen
I'm getting interested in the super zoom PS digital cameras, which do HD videos. Canon SX200, Panasonic ZS3, Sony H20, Samsung HZ15W. People think the top 2 are Canon SX200 Panasonic ZS3: http://www.cameralabs.com/reviews/Panasonic_Lumix_DMC_TZ7_ZS3/verdict.shtml

Re: [videoblogging] HD video via superzoom digital PS cameras, Canon SX200 Panasonic ZS3

2009-09-17 Thread David Jones
On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 6:35 AM, B Yen b...@dslextreme.com wrote: I'm getting interested in the super zoom PS digital cameras, which do HD videos. Canon SX200, Panasonic ZS3, Sony H20, Samsung HZ15W. People think the top 2 are Canon SX200 Panasonic ZS3: